"You have to be able to
change your voice," says Lopez, who steps into the pop music limelight this month
with her starring role in Warner Bros' Selena. The musical biopic covers the short,
but dynamic, life and career of the top-selling Tejano singer who was gunned down by an
unstable member of her own entourage. "Selena was a Texas girl and a Mexican, but she
had a strong Texas twang and didn't have a Spanish accent like some people think."
Lopez hopes to touch her own
audience with her forthcoming performance alongside Ice Cube in April'sAnaconda. Next up
is Oliver Stone's film noir thriller Stray Dogs, and she recently appeared in Bob
Rafelson's Blood & Wine opposite Jack Nicholson.
